Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount
How will China’s leader handle the private sector, the property crisis and Taiwan?
The Rachman Review · Richard Martin
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Show Notes
Gideon talks to economist Linda Yueh of Oxford university about recent dramatic developments at the Chinese Communist party’s congress in Beijing. They discuss what the growing centralisation in China tells us about how Xi Jinping will handle the private sector, the property crisis and international tensions over Taiwan.
Clips: CGTN; CNA
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